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                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                          

                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a                       
                law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                

                                                                                                           Paper No. 30                   


                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
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                                Ex parte JEAN-LOUIS G. GHEYSENS, WILLIAM J. WELLS, III                                                    
                                                   and RICHARD E. WOODLING                                                                
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                                                         Appeal No. 96-2808                                                               
                                                       Application 08/102,7081                                                            
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                                    
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                Before WEIFFENBACH, ELLIS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                    

                WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                 


                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                  

                        This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims                  

                21-26, 29-31, 38 and 39, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.  We affirm-in-part and                 

                we enter a new ground of rejection pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).                                       

                        1Application for patent filed August 5, 1993.  According to appellants, the application is a continuation of      
                Application 07/832,745, filed February 7, 1992, now abandoned.                                                            
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